Photo: Paramount Pictures/Fotos International/Getty Images The casting director behindGreasesays the movie was “better for” its use of adult actors playing high schoolers. “People might say the cast is too old, butGreaseis not a documentary; it’s a fantasy,” Thurm said in the oral history, which covers how the original Chicago-based stage musical was adapted for the big screen. “It is a non-PC fairytale that is better for the cast not being teens,” Thurm added....

Kim-Joyis known for herplayful baking creationsand now she has a colorful kitchen to match!The formerGreat British Baking Showstar, who was a finalist on the 2018 season ofthe hit series, shared aYouTube videoon Wednesday giving a tour of her newly renovated kitchen and answering fan-submitted questions.The author of severalcookbooks, including the upcomingBake Me a Catcookbook, explains that her year-long kitchen renovation has finally concluded. The previous space was “from the ’70s, tiny and with some rotting cabinets,” according to Kim-Joy....

Photo: Mitch Haaseth/ABC Thursday night’s episode ofGrey’s Anatomyis receiving praise from fans after it showed an extensive, in-depth look at what happens during a rape kit exam. “Making scenes like this is what Shondaland is all about,”Grey’screatorShonda Rhimestweeted on Friday. “So proud.” Showrunner Krista Vernoff, director Debbie Allen and writer Elisabeth R. Finch spoke withEntertainment Weeklyabout the episode, revealing that many of the women lining the hallway in that emotional scene were not members of the cast, but rather real women who wanted to be involved in the groundbreaking episode....

Photo: Raymond Liu/abc Maggie Pierce and Winston Ndugu are facing an uncertain future onGrey’s Anatomy. Ahead ofher final episode as a series regular,Kelly McCrearyis opening up to PEOPLE about where her character Maggie stands with husband Winston (Anthony Hill). Despite their marriage struggles throughout season 19, the actress believes there might still be hope for the pair. “One thing she has learned in all of her relationship experience on the show that has not gone well, is how to try to reconnect, try to heal, try to rebuild bridges with people that she really cares about,” shares McCreary, 41....

TheGrey’s Anatomyseason 15 finale left audiences asking so many questions. On Thursday, the cast of the beloved Shonda Rhimes-created drama surprised viewers with a series of events that had us scratching our heads. But, really, nothing out of the ordinary when it comes to aGrey’sfinale. Let’s break it down. To start, what’s aGrey’sfinale without some sort of crazy weather? And remember when Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr....

Jake Borelli is ready for the next chapter ofGrey’s Anatomy. While attending theEntertainment WeeklyPre-SAG Awardscelebration on Saturday night, the actor spoke to PEOPLE about costarJustin Chambers‘exit from the popular ABC medical drama. “I mean that’s the hard part aboutGrey’s, people come and go,” Borelli, 28, said. “We had that happen with Jessica Capshaw and then before, and I think it’s like life, it ebbs and flows.” Borelli, who plays Dr. Levi Schmitt on the series, added, “You know, Alex Karev, the character, has been a massive part of the show for so long, so it’s going to be interesting being in the hospital without that force....

Photo: JC Olivera/GettyNico Santos is determined to move forward.The Manila native has seen smashing success with his roles in movies ranging fromCrazy Rich Asiansto, now,Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3, but it was during his time on theNBC showSuperstorethat Santos found he actually couldn’t see muchat all.“I’m visually impaired. I’m blind in my right eye. I actually lost my vision. Around the third or fourth season ofSuperstore, I had a retinal detachment and complication,” the 44-year-old shares while speaking exclusively to PEOPLE forAAPI Heritage Month....

Photo: Walter McBride/Getty As the wife of Hades, God of the Underworld, in the Tony-nominated hit musicalHadestown, Amber Gray is taking over Broadway. She netted her first Tony nomination for the show (Hadestownreceived the most nods of the year with 14 total) two years after bursting onto the scene withNatasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Keeping the 38-year-old actress grounded during Tonys season are her two children (one 3, the other under a year old) — and as Gray tells PEOPLE, she wouldn’t have it any other way....

The Cervantes family.Photo: Rachel Friedman Photography Then the grieving dad looked up, and started to cry. “I think she’s dancing and smiling right now,” he said. The service took place just days after Adelaidediedon Oct. 12 after battling a series of health issues throughout her life. But on Sunday, the Cervantes family chose to celebrate their child, who was “equal parts soft and fiery,“ and the “Adelaideybug“ whose “energy was magnetic....

Madison McGhee.Photo:Trevor Paul Trevor Paul Madison McGhee was 6 years old when her father was murdered. Twenty-one years later, the case is unsolved and justice remains elusive. But with her new podcast, titledIce Cold Case, Madison is trying to change that. On July 11, 2002, John Cornelius McGhee, known to everyone as J.C., was shot in the head in the doorway of his home in Belmont County, Ohio, near the West Virginia border....

A Metro worker waskilled while attempting to disarman active shooter in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, city officials report. The shooter’s rampage started on a city bus and ended in a Metro tunnel after three people were shot and another injured. The suspect, who remains unidentified to the public,is now in custody. Two victims suffered from gunshot wounds to the leg and a third suffered from a “fragmentation injury to his finger,” officials report....

Photo: Roger Erickson/Disney Season 2 ofHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Seriesis almost here! Disney+ announced Wednesday that the second iteration of the popular teen series will premiere May 14. The streaming service also released a first look image at the upcoming season with starsOlivia Rodrigo,Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie, Matt Cornett, Larry Saperstein, Julia Lester, Dara Reneé, Frankie Rodriguez, Joe Serafini, Mark St. Cyr and Kate Reinders. The season will follow the students at East High as theyprepare to performBeauty and the Beastas their spring musical....

The McCallister family is still as tight as ever. More than 30 years afterHome Alonehit theaters,Devin Ratray(who plays Buzz McCallister in the franchise) tells PEOPLE — in an exclusive chat surrounding his partnership withAirbnb— that he still keeps in touch with several of his costars from the original holiday classic. “They have been planninga reunion onlineand I just recently, as in a couple of days ago, got on their messenger chat thread, and I have been trying to keep up with Jed Cohen and Diana [Rein] and Terrie [Snell] and Angela Goethals and Hillary Wolf,” says Ratray, 44....